This is a discussion on Ohio Roll Call within the North Central States forums, part of the Regional Discussion category; I think he just got a stealthback, not the full tbe since he already has a muffler.
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About Downpipes... I personally have a bellmouth design and still have the 3rd midpipe cat in. I don't notice any power differences with it in or out. (Multiple people online have confirmed that there is little to any difference in having the 3rd midpipe cat in for power gains) Maybe if you were looking to have your car backfire or afterfire all the time, you would want a true catless system. I'm very satisfied with all my ScoobySport stuff.

I think either divorced wastegate or bellmouth downpipes work fine with Cobb's stuff, so it's your own personal taste here.

About exhaust install:
I'm willing to try to help out, but I'm still a gimp and last Saturday's antics really did me in. I am still having alot of swelling from that and am not too sure I want to try it again. But I will sit in a chair and "supervise" as I know every bolt under your car in and out from my exhaust install experience. Doing a TBE is a piece of cake and shouldn't take more than a few hours if all your pieces line up correctly.

About the STI engine mounts:
No clue on this one. I know there's a good amount of engine jacking that needs to happen, but I haven't seen a good set of instructions online. Maybe there is one that I haven't seen, but I didn't purchase that stuff because it seems like nobody knows how to install it. I'm not the exploration kind of guy to start up something new, so I dunno if we can get that done. But if we are doing exhaust, we might as well try to do that as well.

Fatgroundhog is a crazy man. Any 3" exhaust/muffler is going to be JUST as loud.

Originally posted by tubbytreats Holy crap that's alot of posting!!! You outdid me once again!

About Downpipes... I personally have a bellmouth design and still have the 3rd midpipe cat in. I don't notice any power differences with it in or out. (Multiple people online have confirmed that there is little to any difference in having the 3rd midpipe cat in for power gains) Maybe if you were looking to have your car backfire or afterfire all the time, you would want a true catless system. I'm very satisfied with all my ScoobySport stuff.

I think either divorced wastegate or bellmouth downpipes work fine with Cobb's stuff, so it's your own personal taste here.

About exhaust install:
I'm willing to try to help out, but I'm still a gimp and last Saturday's antics really did me in. I am still having alot of swelling from that and am not too sure I want to try it again. But I will sit in a chair and "supervise" as I know every bolt under your car in and out from my exhaust install experience. Doing a TBE is a piece of cake and shouldn't take more than a few hours if all your pieces line up correctly.

About the STI engine mounts:
No clue on this one. I know there's a good amount of engine jacking that needs to happen, but I haven't seen a good set of instructions online. Maybe there is one that I haven't seen, but I didn't purchase that stuff because it seems like nobody knows how to install it. I'm not the exploration kind of guy to start up something new, so I dunno if we can get that done. But if we are doing exhaust, we might as well try to do that as well.

Fatgroundhog is a crazy man. Any 3" exhaust/muffler is going to be JUST as loud.

Fatty never said it wouldn't be loud, I think he just meant from a cost standpoint it's a good deal. As far as getting rid of the third cat, bluerex said they don't have e-check where he's from. So I say catless all the way!

um about engine mounts...i used to work in an auto shop and have helped take engines in and out, but never on a subaru. but they can't be too different. its really only a couple bolts that hold it to the engine then one long bolt to connect the 2 braces together and then the piece that bolts to the chassis(or at least thats how they've been in my experiences). you do need to jack the engine, and i probably don't need to say this, but put a piece of wood between the jack and the jack point. you might have to undo the exhaust also. as for being around to help, i don't think i'll be home till july 23rd, sorry. good luck with the install tho.

and good luck on fixing the stage 1 sti's that really sucks you guys are having soo many problems. well, back to homework, don't ever take a full set of classes in the summer...it sucks

edit--now that i think of it, all the engines i pulled out were completely unhooked, so i dunno about the cooling and any wiring so i'm probly not much help....

actually, no i'm even more lost now. tmk, jason had a catless setup with the rfl muffler. I don't know what up/dp he had (or I think he has, for that matter), so i'm confused on what this stealthback deal is. mabye the term stealthback isn't in a weak meteorologist's mind?

bluerem lives in steeplechase, got that.

and about these sti's that are having boost issues, do they have a muffler and/or a downpipe? if that's the case, that is the problem right there. they need to do a very small port job and it will be fixed. common problem. if they don't have a muffler and/or a downpipe, I don't why they would be having the issue.

probabaly doesn't need to be said, but i'm glad I have a utec. if I had problems like you all are having i'd go insane.

03 wrx - 300whp/270wtq

Originally posted by zoophagy The people that work there are, for the most part, retards. I used to work there.

"This is my WRX. There are many others like it, but this one is mine. My WRX is my best friend. It is my life. I must master my WRX as I must master my life. Without me, my WRX is useless. Without my WRX, I am useless."

Ok... Here is the deal.
Some people are stock like Dave and myself. There is a TBE, and axle back. Intake/no intake. It just seems really random. The initial thinking was altitude, but that was shot down yesterday when the guy from Denver posted that he was having the problem. A port and polish should fix the problem, but should not be necessary. I seem to be ok now after having 3 CELS. I flashed back to the base map (stock) and then put the new stage 1 on, and it seems to be a bit better. I made a couple of pulls yesterday on 675 and it never climbed beyond 16.5. It just seems kind of random!

I'm up for Kil Kare tomorrow. Assuming I don't have more problems at work that is

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